2H Singularity-Free Momentum Generation with Non-Redundant Single Gimbaled Control Moment Gyroscopes

Timothy A. Sands, Jae Jun Kim, Brij Agrawal
2006 Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control  
Two objectives dominate consideration of control moment gyroscopes (CMGs) for spacecraft maneuvers: High torque (equivalently momentum) and singularity-free operations. This paper adds to the significant body of research towards these two goals utilizing a minimal 3-CMG array to provide 646% singularity-free momentum performance increase spherically, compared to the ubiquitous pyramid arrangement skewed at 54.730. Spherical 1H (1 CMGs-worth momentum) singularity free momentum is established
more » ... birectional 1H and 2H in the third direction in a baseline configuration. Lastly, momentum space reshaping is shown via mixed skew angles. These claims are demonstrated analytically, then heuristically, and finally validated experimentally. I.
doi:10.1109/cdc.2006.377310 dblp:conf/cdc/SandsKA06 fatcat:jbzpws4honfkxcgbj35kkrv5y4